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¶ … organized religion today has become an issue of controversy. Human intelligence and technology have developed to the point where it is difficult to find a spiritual foothold. This is perhaps why materialism has dominated the earlier part of the 20th century in the Western world. It is however interesting that there seems to be a return to spirituality during the first part of the 21st century. People have taken spiritual refuge in everything from the strangest new-age religions to the most traditional forms of Christianity. When considering the question of how Christianity particularly has changed then, there are many similarities and also differences between Christianity today and its earlier counterpart.
Firstly, the question of current and earlier Christianity is multi-faceted. Christianity as a religion, as I see it, has experienced several stages. The first stage occurred right after the death and resurrection of Christ. There was an extreme rise in enthusiasm for Christ and his message. This however angered the establishment and they were of...
Christianity has become the establishment attempting to flush away everything else. This is clear in events such as the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem witch trials and many other events that display the intolerance of Christianity to other ways of life, thinking and believing.
So firstly I believe there is a great difference between the earliest manifestations of Christianity grounded in suffering, and the subsequent centuries, where Christianity became the basis of Western life. Christ taught love and tolerance. These were practiced by the earliest Christians, but became further and further from Christian practice as time went on and the promise of Christ's return did not happen.
Secondly, the earliest Christians can be compared to the Christian world today. There are many differences, but also many similarities. As we evolved as human beings over the century, there seems to be greater tolerance for all people. This…
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